Acquiring a Nigerian Visa in the USA

Requirements and Application Steps

Mo' Lanee Sibyl, DPh, PhD
5 min readNov 4, 2021

From outdated websites to terrible customer service and more, Nigerian embassies come with many challenges. Nevertheless, good people still exist. Even in the Nigerian embassy!

Source: Embassynvisa

First, did you know that Nigeria made the list of countries with the hardest countries to get a visa?! It is no secret that the Nigerian embassy, both at home and abroad, can be challenging to deal with. I’ve had my fair share of encounters with them, and I recently had reason to transact with them again. In this post, I’ll go over practical steps and procedures for obtaining a Nigerian visa from the United States. Please note that these are all based on my personal experiences.

There are different situations or issues that can influence your need for a Nigerian visa, and some of them are:

  • You’re a Nigerian citizen with an expired Nigerian passport who wants to visit home: while some come up with the option of using their American visa and getting a new passport on arrival, we know that is hardly the case. Thus, to play it safe, one would rather get the visa before leaving for the country.
  • You are married to a Nigerian and would want to visit Nigeria with your spouse.
  • You want to visit Nigeria as a tourist or for other…

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Mo' Lanee Sibyl, DPh, PhD

I'm ME: replete with the mien of a bard, scholar, Argonaut, Jesus-lover, funfinder, bibliophile, Koreanophile, partner, and wanderer! Podcaster:www.mosibyl.com